Jock Zonfrillo spoke of afterlife and legacy in podcast

MasterChef star Jock Zonfrillo spoke of his legacy and his views on life after death in a podcast that has taken on new meaning since his tragic death.

Jock Zonfrillo said he wanted to be remembered as a family man. Picture: Eugene Hyland

MasterChef star Jock Zonfrillo eerily spoke of life after death and what was important to him as his legacy in a powerful podcast that has come to light following his tragic death.

Zonfrillo, 46, was found dead in a suite at a Carlton hotel in the early hours of Monday, May 1 after police responded to a welfare check call at the property.

Zonfrillo was in Melbourne, having returned from Rome where he and his family had been planning to settle, to promote the new season of MasterChef Australia which was due to launch that night.

The show was postponed and is now launching on Channel 10 on Sunday (May 7).

Zonfrillo spoke about death with Wil Anderson on an intense episode of the Wilosophy podcast in December 2021.

Asked by Anderson what he thought happened when you die, Zonfrillo said there was something on the other side.

Zonfrillo with Jamie Oliver and fellow MasterChef judges ahead of the show’s latest season.

“I have seen a lot of ghosts, so I don’t know what it is, I think there is something after we die,” he said.

“I don’t know if it is this f--king holding room, but I have seen enough weird sh-t to know there is something.

“I don’t know what it is, but I reckon there is something after we die, without question.”

Asked his thoughts on having a legacy, he said family and the support of the indigenous community was what he wanted to be remembered for.

“If I have managed to bring up my kids well and offer them a better life than I had, then that is important to me,” he said.

“If I have managed to bring acknowledgment to indigenous people, because it was asked of me, through food then I’d be happy as well.

“I think that is it for me, family and the other (are) the two things that I hope I have moved the dial on a millimetre. The rest of it, don’t give a sh-t.”

Zonfrillo described himself as always looking forward.

“I am an optimist,” he said.

“There is a reason why the windscreen is bigger than the rear window in a car.

“Looking forward, I believed that at any point in my life there was more and better waiting for me ahead of me, always.”